Ochre
Ochre was a pigment. (PROSE: Conscription [+]Loading...["Conscription (short story)"]) It was originally derived from an rocky substance which coloured things around it. (PROSE: Genius Loci [+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"], The Eye of the Tyger [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Tyger (novel)"]) Volcanic rock was an ochre colour. (PROSE: The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (novelisation)"])
It was a yellow-like colour. (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"]) As light it appeared a yellow colour. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"]) In sunset the light lent an ochre colour to objects. (PROSE: Dancing the Code [+]Loading...["Dancing the Code (novel)"])
In Egypt in the 15th century BC red ochre was used to dye women's lips as a form of make-up. (PROSE: The Coming of the Queen [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"])
In London in 2109 there were ochre-coloured swans. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
The landscape of Dido in 2493 was ochre. (PROSE: The Rescue [+]Loading...["The Rescue (novelisation)"])
Jupiter had crimson and ochre clouds in 2553. (PROSE: Jupiter [+]Loading...["Jupiter (short story)"])
The surface of Tempest in 2594 was an ochre colour. (PROSE: Tempest [+]Loading...["Tempest (novel)"])
The anterior rooms of the offices of Matthew Barrister had thick ochre carpet with armchairs upholstered in burgundy (colour) leather and Behind her, heavy mauve curtains framing the floor-to-ceiling windows in the 26th century. (PROSE: The Purpura Pawn [+]Loading...["The Purpura Pawn (short story)"])
Deserts on Purgatory in 2975 were represented with scorching temperatures and an ochre colour. (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"])
Low spectrum light on board the Hyperion III in 2986 was ochre coloured. (PROSE: Terror of the Vervoids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)"])
In 2981 Io had the colours of ochre, yellow and chrome green on its surface. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"])
New Anthaur in 2992 was a planet of hot sand and stone cities. A world of ochre and yellow and orange, of dust storms. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine [+]Loading...["The Fall of Yquatine (novel)"])
Dulkis appeared ochre from orbit. (PROSE: The Dominators [+]Loading...["The Dominators (novelisation)"])
The planet where Castrovalva was fashioned had ochre soil. (PROSE: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (novelisation)"])
Gallifrey had an ochre coloured sky. (PROSE: Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])
Zygon crystals gave off ochre light. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"])
The Kilgai Gorge in Tanzania had ochre dirt. (PROSE: Genocide [+]Loading...["Genocide (novel)"])
Following the incident involving Eric Stahlmann's Inferno Project on an alternate Earth the skies of the Earth were rended ochre with reddish clouds. (PROSE: The Face of the Enemy [+]Loading...["The Face of the Enemy (novel)"])
Biology
When Noah was partially transformed by the Wirrn he had a huge ochre eye. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Ark in Space [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (novelisation)"]
Adult Wirrn had two huge ochre eyes that appeared like globes. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Ark in Space [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (novelisation)"])
Maa'lon had ochre skin. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear [+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"])
Veltrochni had ochre mottling on their skin. (PROSE: Mission Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission Impractical (novel)"])
Sontarans of Clan Gunar had ochre patterns on their helmets. They were from the desert regions of Sontar (PROSE: Lords of the Storm [+]Loading...["Lords of the Storm (novel)"])
